Paint displaying device



Oct. 3. 1933.. E. E. STEADMAN PAINT DISPLAYING DEVICE Filed Dec. 20, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor /I Home y Oct. 3, 1933. E E STEADMAN 1,929,335

PAINT DISPLAYING DEVICE Filed Dec. 20, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 a 7 E 1/ L 4 J 2 f P: h 2 I 2% EL 13 =26 f? 17 T g :3" p L I a f n ai k ,v 2'9 1 5 J 9 Invenlor fizz/7'72 ZSfeadmam E. E. STEADMAN PAINT DISPLAYING DEVICE 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Dec. 20, 1932 flltorney Oct. 3, 1933.-

Patented Oct. 3, 1933 UNITED, STAT-Es PAINT-DISPLAYING DEVICE Edwin E. Siteadma n, NorthTonawarida, N.

Application December 20, 1932 7 7 Serial No. 648,122

1 Claim. (o1. 35-17) ply substituting diiierent colored cards for other.

colored cards. 1

This inventionalso consists in certain other features of construction and inthecombination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanaying drawings wherein like parts designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:' 7

Figure 1 is a front view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a rear View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a section-on line 3+3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary front view of the transparent member.

Fig. '7 is a view of one of the colored cards used with the device.

Fig. 8 is a view of a cut-out card used with the device.

Fig. 9 is a view of a roof card used with the device.

In these drawings, the'numeral 1 indicates a frame and the numeral 2 indicates a transparent member placed in the frame. This transparent member is painted or otherwise treated to-indicate the sky and clouds as shown at 3 and the landscape is shown generally at 4 andalso with the outline of a house or other structure as shown at 5. The drawings show the outlines 5 as including lines 6 indicating outlines of the shingles of the roof and the lines 7 indicating the weather-boarding and other-lines 8 indicating windows and doors, porches and the like. The sashes are also indicated on the transparent member with the upper portions preferably painted green as shown at 9 to indicate that a green shade is located in rear of the upper part of the sash and the lower parts are painted black as shown at 10.

The blind outlines'are shown atll and are not colored. A metal backing plate 12 is'placed'in the frame in rear of the transparent member and has a cut-out therein as; indicated at 13in dotted lines in Fig. 2 to correspond to'the outside lines 69 of the representation of the house. A card 14 having the cut cuts 15 therein is'ad'apted to be placed over the backingplate andto partly cover the cut-out 13 and this card is so shaped that its cut-outs 15 will conform to the windows and 66 2' sashes and the window trimming as well as a portion of'theporch roof, the doorand portions of the lower part of the porch as shown in Fig. 8. A roof card -16 is also placed on the backing plate and covers the roof forming portion of the i cut-out l3, and acts' to color the roof part of the representation of the-house while the-cardl4 acts tocolor the body of the house if a colored 7 card 14 is used. A card 17 is placed in rear of the card 14 so that portions of this card 17 will appear thru .the cut-outs 15 and thus portions of this card 1'7 will act to color the blinds, the win-. dow trimmings, porch roof and portions of thedoor and porch.

Thus it will be seen by substituting cards of 0 different colors for the cards 14, 16 and 1'? the representation of the house on the transparent member'can be shown as painted with difierent colors so that the desired combination of colors with the'various colors or combinations thereof.

The card 16 is held in place by the guide ways 19 fastened to the backing plate .12 and having their lower ends closed and a rod 20 connects these plates together and helps to retain these cards in position pressed against the backing. plate. backing plate below the guide ways-19 and these guide ways.2l gradually decrease in width downwardly, as shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5, and as shown in Figure 2, the two guideways 21 slightly slope downwardly and inwardly so that their lower ".105

ends are closer together than their upper ends. A spring 22 is carried by-each guide way 21 and acts 'to hold a plate 23 against the cards '14 and 17 as shown in Fig. 3.

The upper part of the plate 23 is formed with Other guideways 21 are fastened to the a handle 24 and its lower end is bent u on itself and slightly bent outwardly or rearwardly as shown at 25. The plate is formed with the holes or slots 26 for receiving the tongues 27 bent from the backing plate. As will be seen this plate 23 and the cards 14 and 17 are held in the guideways 21, the lower edges of the cards 14 and 17 resting on the tongue 27 and the springs 22 hold the cards in the position shown Rig. 3. By grasping the handle 24 and moving the plate 23 rearwardly, the cards can be easily. and'quickly removed and substituted by new ones. I

Supporting members 28 are fastened to the lower portions of the sides of the frame at the rear thereof for holding the device in the position it occupies in Fig. 3'a'nd these members are connected together by the rod 29; If desired, a

small frame may be placed on the top-0f the main frame or the main frame extended as shown at 30 to receive an advertising card 31 and a transparent member 32 the transparent member 32 covering theicard 31, as shown.

Thus itlwill be seen thatI have provided a simple form of device whereby a customer for paint and the like can'readily be shown how a house or other structure will appear when painted ,with difierent combinations of paints, and the shingles or other sidings can be placed on the transparent member instead of the lines '7', and

instead of placing the markings 0n the transparent member they may be made on the cards, and the markings when made on the transparent vmember will be made in any suitable manner.

7 It is thought fromthe foregoing descriptionthat the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in'the construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I slain? as new is:'

Adevice of the class described comprising a framaa transparent member in the frame, and having markings thereon indicating portions of a house or other structure, a backing plate in the framein rear of the transparent member and 7 having a cut-out therein conforming to the outline of the structure, a cut-out card placed on the backing andextending over portions of thecut out with itacuti-outs registering with certain marking s on the transparent member, acolored card inrear of the backing and the first-mentioned card, portions or said card appearing "through the out-outs and portions of the other card coloring another part of the structure, guideways on the backing forireceiving the cards, 9. plate in-the guideways and-movably supported thereby, springs in said guideways for pressing the plateand the cards against the transparent member and backing, rearwardly extending tongues on the backing and said plate having slots for receiving the; tongues and supporting mcans for the device. 10

"EDWIN E. STEADMANL 

